"OH011 Hugh Gingles Oral History" by Kathryn Pasco
 

OH011 Hugh Gingles Oral History

Kathryn Pasco

Collection Title

Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War I

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Series Number

OH011

Interviewee

Gingles, Hugh

Interviewer

Pasco, Kathryn

Date Interviewed

September 18th, 1979

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

January 20th, 2009

Description

1 sound disc (39 minutes)

Abstract

Hugh Gingles discusses his experiences during the World War I. Prior to the war he was a farmer at Kirksey, Kentucky. He recalls how he was among the first to be drafted and how he decided it to be a just war. Other topics discussed in the interview include: the recruitment of several Jackson Purchase residents on the way to Camp Taylor in Louisville, the insufficiency and deficiencies of the new camps, being in the Depot Brigade, serving as a non-commissioned officer and attending training school, the different types of people in his company; the feelings of other people towards the war; the flu epidemic; the first big snow during the war and how things had changed when he returned from the war.

Biographical/Historical Note

Hugh Gingles was a farmer from Kirksey, Kentucky. He was drafted and sent to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky for basic training. He served in the Depot Brigade at Camp Taylor for the duration of the First World War. Following the war, he was sent to Camp Pike near Little Rock, Arkansas.

General Information

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Subject Headings/Descriptors

Kirksey, Kentucky

Camp Taylor

Louisville, Kentucky

Camp Pike

Little Rock, Arkansas

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